Julia Bausenhardt | Nature Journaling + Illustrationhttps://juliabausenhardt.com
Nature Journal, Illustration, Botanical Illustration, Wildlife Illustration, Bird Illustration, Sketchbook Art, Food Illustration, Illustrated Maps, Pattern Design, Surface Pattern Design, Art Licensing, Book Illustration by Julia Bausenhardt
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1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1How To Draw Birds – Learn Basic Techniques For Drawing & Painting Birds (New Class)https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-draw-birds-learn-basic-techniques-for-drawing-painting-birds-new-class/
https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-draw-birds-learn-basic-techniques-for-drawing-painting-birds-new-class/#respondTue, 19 Mar 2019 10:43:38 +0000https://juliabausenhardt.com/?p=29190A big part of my daily journaling is centered about birds, and I draw them almost every day. I know that a lot of people think (as did I when I first started out) that birds are hard to draw, because they move around, fly away, and have all these feathers and weird movements. They are actually great subjects because they can fly – that means they can be close to us and feel they are at a...

]]>https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-draw-birds-learn-basic-techniques-for-drawing-painting-birds-new-class/feed/0How To Paint A Great Tit In Watercolor – Bird Painting (Video Tutorial)https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-paint-a-great-tit-in-watercolor-bird-painting-video-tutorial/
https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-paint-a-great-tit-in-watercolor-bird-painting-video-tutorial/#respondTue, 12 Mar 2019 08:16:44 +0000https://juliabausenhardt.com/?p=29175Great tits are very common and very agile birds that you can see a lot at the bird feeder in winter. They are the biggest of the Paridae family in Europe. The have a lovely black and yellow plumage. In this video I share my entire process for painting one of these cute little birds with a lot of detail. Click on the video to start the tutorial. You can slow down the video (in the Youtube options)...

]]>https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-paint-a-great-tit-in-watercolor-bird-painting-video-tutorial/feed/0My Sketchbook in February 2019https://juliabausenhardt.com/my-sketchbook-in-february-2019/
https://juliabausenhardt.com/my-sketchbook-in-february-2019/#commentsTue, 05 Mar 2019 09:37:23 +0000https://juliabausenhardt.com/?p=29161February was another month where I focused on drawing birds, there’s not much happening here aside from that and the last breaths of winter. We ventured out for a few small trips however, one of them to the Hoher Meißner region south of where we live, and this was a very inspiring day for me. Let’s take a look: The sparrows are quite active in the garden and it’s always a joy hearing them chitter...

]]>https://juliabausenhardt.com/my-sketchbook-in-february-2019/feed/2How To Get Started With A New Sketchbookhttps://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-get-started-with-a-new-sketchbook/
https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-get-started-with-a-new-sketchbook/#respondTue, 26 Feb 2019 07:13:10 +0000https://juliabausenhardt.com/?p=29145Do you want to know a secret? I used to be afraid of sketchbooks. I was a perfectionist, and was afraid of making mistakes in my sketchbook, which would of course be ruined by a bad drawing. I preferred to work on loose paper. I’m sure many of you know this feeling..it keeps us from being creative, from exploring, and from expressing ourselves on paper. I have only learned in the last few months...

]]>https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-get-started-with-a-new-sketchbook/feed/0How To Paint A Fieldfare In Watercolor – Bird Painting (Video Tutorial)https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-paint-a-fieldfare-in-watercolor-bird-painting-video-tutorial/
https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-paint-a-fieldfare-in-watercolor-bird-painting-video-tutorial/#commentsTue, 19 Feb 2019 09:12:29 +0000https://juliabausenhardt.com/?p=29111The fieldfare is a common bird here in winter, and it’s a delight to paint. In this video I share my entire process for painting a bird with a lot of detail. Click on the video to start the tutorial. You can slow down the video (in the Youtube options) to see more details. I start with a light, but exact graphite sketch (after making several studies beforehand) and layer the watercolor in several...

]]>https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-to-paint-a-fieldfare-in-watercolor-bird-painting-video-tutorial/feed/2Common European Birds – An Ongoing Painting Projecthttps://juliabausenhardt.com/common-european-birds-an-ongoing-painting-project/
https://juliabausenhardt.com/common-european-birds-an-ongoing-painting-project/#commentsTue, 12 Feb 2019 08:19:59 +0000https://juliabausenhardt.com/?p=29046One thing I’ve been working more on in the last few months is drawing and painting birds. I always felt strangely fascinated by birds, and in recent months I have started to paint them. I was particularly interested in what species are common and rare here in Germany (and in Europe), so that was the main focus of my research before starting to paint. My studies have turned into an ongoing project...

]]>https://juliabausenhardt.com/common-european-birds-an-ongoing-painting-project/feed/6My Sketchbook in January 2019https://juliabausenhardt.com/my-sketchbook-in-january-2019/
https://juliabausenhardt.com/my-sketchbook-in-january-2019/#commentsTue, 05 Feb 2019 08:25:42 +0000https://juliabausenhardt.com/?p=28993It’s time for my monthly sketchbook review. January has been a relatively quiet time for me with lots of work done from home, or close to home. Winter is here and it has simply been too cold to spend a lot of time drawing outside. But I went on a few beautiful hikes when collecting material and shooting video for my new class (Drawing Ideas For Winter). Winter is also the ideal time to watch birds...

]]>https://juliabausenhardt.com/my-sketchbook-in-january-2019/feed/5Drawing Ideas For The Winter Monthshttps://juliabausenhardt.com/drawing-ideas-for-the-winter-months/
https://juliabausenhardt.com/drawing-ideas-for-the-winter-months/#commentsTue, 29 Jan 2019 09:21:45 +0000https://juliabausenhardt.com/?p=28988Starting or keeping a nature journal in the winter months may seem counterintuitive, because when you look outside it seems there’s not much there. There is happening less outside and that can be less distracting, and when you focus, you can notice that there still is quite a lot worth observing and journaling about. Winter is actually a good time to learn about some basics in nature.

]]>https://juliabausenhardt.com/drawing-ideas-for-the-winter-months/feed/2Nature Journaling Ideas For Winter – New Classhttps://juliabausenhardt.com/nature-journaling-ideas-for-winter-new-class/
https://juliabausenhardt.com/nature-journaling-ideas-for-winter-new-class/#respondTue, 22 Jan 2019 09:37:22 +0000https://juliabausenhardt.com/?p=28943It’s finally winter here in Germany and every day I’m trying out new ways to stay creative with my nature journal. I know I’ve written a blog post about with lots of ideas for drawing in winter, and this week I’m happy to announce that I’ve published a new Skillshare class about the topic, too. If you want a bit of visual guidance and see what I draw and paint in my sketchbook in the cold season...

]]>https://juliabausenhardt.com/nature-journaling-ideas-for-winter-new-class/feed/0My Nature Journal In Decemberhttps://juliabausenhardt.com/my-nature-journal-in-december/
https://juliabausenhardt.com/my-nature-journal-in-december/#commentsTue, 15 Jan 2019 14:42:29 +0000https://juliabausenhardt.com/?p=28929In my post today I want to share some of the sketches in my nature journal from December. I’ve been very focused on drawing birds and practicing getting down bird anatomy, so my nature journal tends to be full of them. My sketches are a mixture of live observed birds and birds sketched from reference and then painted with a bit more detail. Obviously the big challenge with drawing birds is that...